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Barn and Outbuildings at Mullets Farm, Barking, Suffolk: Historic Building Record |
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Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
Mullets Farm lies in open countryside on the eastern side of the Willisham Road approximately 400 m south of Barking Tye. The farmhouse to the north of the site is a grade II-listed timber-framed hall house of the late-15th century and the three-bay threshing barn, which lies 50 m to the south of its service gable, is a broadly contemporary structure of the early to mid-16th century. The oak frame of the barn was originally infilled with wattle-and-daub and rendered externally, but the building was extensively renovated in recent years and is now clad in stained modern weatherboarding with a corrugated iron roof. Both gables were rebuilt in the 19th century, and the shallow-pitched roof structure is a 20th century replacement, but the rest of the framing is relatively intact, retaining all four arch-braces flanking the central entrance bay and two internal wall braces with unusual ogee curves. The building was entered by double doors from the south (facing away from the house) and preserves evidence of a small original door to the rear that was sufficient to create a through-draught for threshing and winnowing but not to admit vehicles. A number of gault bricks salvaged from a 19th century threshing floor have been set into the modern concrete floor. The heavy scantlings of the individual studs suggests a date in the first half of the 16th century, as do the long edge-halved and bridled scarf joints in the roof-plates, and the barn is of considerable historic interest given its relationship to a farmhouse of similar period. Due to the loss of its original roof, however, it does not meet the strict English Heritage criteria for listing in its own right. A number of mid-19th century sheds attached to the barn consisted in part of shuttered clay (as opposed to clay-lump) but were substantially rebuilt in the mid-20th century and had been largely demolished prior to inspection. |
| Author: |
L Alston
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| Publisher: |
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
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| Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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| Year of Publication: |
2013
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| Locations: |
| Site: |
BRK 128 Barn at Mullet's farm Barking |
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BARKING |
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Mid Suffolk |
| County: |
Suffolk |
| Country: |
England |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Mullets Farm Barking Suffolk Historic Building Record Mullets Farm |
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Barking |
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Willisham Road |
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Grid Reference: 606490, 251620 (Easting, Northing)
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Find)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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BARN
(Monument Type England)
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| Mid19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Modern (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Mid16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Mid20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Late15th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BUILDING SURVEY
(Event)
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| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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suffolkc1-145067 |
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| Note: |
Standard SCCAS client report, soft bound, A4, colour
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| Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |
